The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology in the Department of Pediatrics of Albany Medical College is seeking a full time Pediatric Gastroenterologist to join their team. We are seeking candidates who are interested in joining a comprehensive clinical program dedicated to the care of children and adolescents who have gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and/or nutritional disease.
Division overview:
- 4 full-time physicians, 2 pediatric nurse practitioners, 4 full-time nurses, and a part-time dietitian.
- Collaboration with adult gastroenterologists, diagnostic and interventional radiologists, pathologists, pediatric surgeons, behavioral therapists, social workers, and child life specialists.
- Most procedures are performed in a state-of-the-art outpatient endoscopy unit, with anesthesia support available for all cases.
- Comprehensive GI care provided for infants, children, and adolescents across a large catchment area, serving as the major tertiary referral center for 25 counties.
Responsibilities and requirements:
- Provide expert care to patients with a variety of gastrointestinal disorders, including complex conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and functional GI disorders.
- Perform diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, including upper and lower GI endoscopy, esophageal pH (including BRAVO) and impedance studies, video capsule endoscopy, and anorectal and esophageal manometry studies.
- Participate in the on-call inpatient schedule 1 in 5 weeks.
- Engage in teaching and mentoring of medical students, residents, and fellows, fostering their growth in pediatric gastroenterology.
- Participate in multidisciplinary clinics including aerodigestive, spina bifida and autism medical home.
- Contribute to ongoing clinical research and quality improvement projects to enhance patient outcomes.
- Help expand the division s clinical and academic mission by actively participating in departmental and institutional initiatives.
- Board eligibility or certification in pediatric gastroenterology is required.
Competitive base salary range with incentive bonus opportunity commensurate with rank and experience (base salary range for Assistant Professor $223,000 - $233,000).
The Albany Med Health System is the only regionally governed not-for-profit health system serving northeastern New York and western New England. It consists of Albany Medical Center, Albany Medical College, the Bernard & Millie Duker Children s Hospital, Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls Hospital, Saratoga Hospital, and the Visiting Nurses. Albany Medical Center is the capital region of New York s only academic medical center and one of upstate New York s largest teaching hospitals.
About Albany, NY:
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